A new wing of Osaka Station in western Japan offers facial recognition ticketing, reconfigurable sliding barriers, and even real-time bathroom updates.
April 7, 2023 / 4:04 AM —What's being billed as"the world's most advanced train station" has opened in the western Japanese city of Osaka.
"The new station will have a huge impact on foot traffic," gushed local bar owner Masao Tejima, speaking to Television Osaka."Especially post-pandemic, we really have high hopes." The digital panels also flash helpful details about oncoming trains and routes, and unlike conventional barriers, can slide into different configurations, accommodating door layouts which may vary from train to train.
A report by Dai-Ichi Life Research Institute directly correlated the wider use of platform barriers with reducing the incidence of falls, from 3,730 in 2014, to 1,370 in 2020. The statistics don't take into account the steep decline in public transit use during the pandemic, but the accident rate has trended lower over the last decade, regardless.
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